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Sustainable Energy Bill

Two Tory MPs (Eric Forth & Christopher Chope) tried to block the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill, despite being supported by the Conservative party. Several members of our group contacted David Cameron to object to the attempted blocking of the bill. The Conservative response was, “We regard this Bill as a worthwhile step forward which would help to ratchet up environmental standards in buildings; improve energy efficiency; and enable residents and local authorities to make better use of renewable energy sources…However, as you know, Private Member's Bills are not the subject of the usual Party Whip. It is entirely open to individual Members of Parliament to express their own personal views on such Bills, even if, as in this case, they differ with the policy of the party as a whole.”

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In May 2019 the UK Parliament declared a Climate Emergency, and over half of UK local authorities including Sheffield, Bansley, Rotherham and Doncaster councils have done likewise. By Autumn 2019 the Mayor of Sheffield City Region, Dan Jarvis MP has not declared a Climate Emergency to bring the region's local authorities together to produce a Climate Action Plan. Sheffield City Region includes the local authorities of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield. For more information about Dan, click here.

Sheffield Friends of the Earth launched a petition calling on Dan Jarvis to declare a Climate Emergency. We had a good response rate, but to publicise the petition we made a giant ambulance which was driven to the climate emergency on the Town Hall steps by a cardboard vers…

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Sheffield City Council's Clean Air Consultation was launched on 1 July and there was an interview and photo in the Sheffield Star. See the article here.

Picture Credit: Richard Souter

Clean Air Zone Consultation
Individuals can respond and there is also potential for a Sheffield Friends of the Earth local group response as an organisation. The issues for FoE were discussed and Richard is co-ordinating a group response. There will be a meeting to finalise a group response at 7pm on 12 August in the Red Deer.